Extension Granted for Federal IDR Process Due to CrowdStrike Windows Outage
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On 7/19/2024, the Departments announced that they will grant disputing parties impacted by the CrowdStrike Windows outage a one business day extension for any activity in the federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) process that has a due date on 7/19/2024. Below is a list of the specific extensions and how they will be implemented.
Notice of Initiation
Initiating Parties that started open negotiation for a qualified item or service on 5/31/2024 can select the extension reason of “I received an extension approval from the federal IDR mailbox and will upload evidence of this extension in the Supporting Documentation section of this webform” on page 2 of the Notice of Initiation webform and attach this email as evidence.
Resubmission – Notice of Initiation
Disputing Parties with a resubmission due date of 7/19/2024 will automatically be granted a one-business-day extension and can submit their webform by the end of the day on 7/22/2024.
Certified IDR Entity Selection
Disputing Parties with a selection response due date of 7/19/2024 will automatically be granted a one-business-day extension and can submit their response by the end of the day on 7/22/2024.
Notice of Offer
Disputing Parties with a notice of offer due date of 7/19/2024 will automatically be granted a one-business-day extension and can submit their Notice of Offer webform by the end of the day on 7/22/2024.
Admin and Entity Fees
Disputing Parties with a fee submission due date of 7/19/2024 will be granted a one-business day extension and can submit the fee to their selected, certified IDR entity by the end of day 7/22/2024.
The Departments will continue monitoring the impacts of the CrowdStrike Windows outage to determine if additional actions are necessary.
QUESTIONS?
Questions can be directed to the Federal IDR Questions mailbox at [email protected].
